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Word From Jerusalem December 2016: In the final days of his campaign, President-Elect Donald Trump, affirmed to the ICEJ his support for five principles guiding a strong US-Israel relationship. This came in response to a request made to Mr. Trump and Secretary Clinton to agree to the principles presented by the ICEJ and its network, American Christian Leaders for Israel (ACLI), which represents 60 million Evangelicals.

A petition addressed to the candidates signed by some 40,000 grassroots Americans, and the ACLI letter signed by 650 Christian leaders across America, emphasized locating the US Embassy to Jerusalem, supporting security aid to Israel, monitoring and acting on Iran’s terrorism and violations of the JCPOA Iran nuclear agreement, rejecting third party solutions to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict forced on Israel, and opposing Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions efforts levied at Israel.

The policies Mr. Trump has agreed to will enhance Israel’s standing in the world and directly benefit the United States in security, innovation, technology, and intelligence. Secretary Clinton did not respond to the ICEJ’s request to agree to the five key principles guiding a strong US-Israel relationship.

Thanks to all of the ICEJ supporters and ACLI leaders who signed onto this important initiative and did their part to ensure the Israel-US relationship grows in strength during the next White House administration.